Justin Herbert is the franchise quarterback who might finally redefine Chargering
The pivotal moment arrived five picks into the NFL's 2020 remote, pandemic-scrambled draft, the fate of the franchise resting in hands nearly 2,800 miles away. When Miami selected Tua Tagovailoa, the Chargers were left with a choice that was most obvious at the time and soon would bring outrageous fortune. With the sixth pick, they took Justin Herbert. "To hit on a quarterback like Justin, it ...
by Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times
Sep 04, 2022
4 minutes
The pivotal moment arrived five picks into the NFL's 2020 remote, pandemic-scrambled draft, the fate of the franchise resting in hands nearly 2,800 miles away.
When Miami selected Tua Tagovailoa, the Chargers were left with a choice that was most obvious at the time and soon would bring outrageous fortune.
With the sixth pick, they took Justin Herbert.
"To hit on a quarterback like Justin, it changes everything," said Shane Day, now Herbert's position coach. "It would change everything for every team in the league."
With one appearance and zero Super Bowl titles, the Chargers are supposedly cursed, right? Chargering is a word invented to
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